(Ecns.cn)！It's time to be less picky and more open-minded about food. As long as it is rich in nutrients, there is absolutely no reason to reject any food. This is especially true for weird-tasting food, which is for this exact reason often neglected.
Below are some weird-tasting foods that you are recommended to add to your diet.
Durian to relieve dysmenorrhea
Many people find durian fruit to be repulsive. This is partly because of its sulfuric smell and partly because people just have no idea about its amazing medical functions.
In traditional Chinese medicine, durian can be categorized as a "hot" fruit that works well in invigorating the circulation of blood. Therefore, in Thailand, the stinky and sticky fruit is a common tonic for patients and postpartum women.
In addition, durian can help to ease dysmenorrhea by increasing temperature in the belly. In food therapy, the peels of durian are stewed with animal bones to make a soup.
Loaded with vitamin B1, vitamin B2, calcium, and phosphorus, durian is surprisingly good for the skin. Nutritional elements present in durian fruit rejuvenate aging skin by preventing external influences (extrinsic aging). Additionally, durian extract is able to overcome signs of aging at the eyelid area, such as wrinkles, fine lines, sagging, and dark circles.
However, this is not to say you can have as many durians as you want. Experts suggest that one should eat no more than two segments of durian a day, warning that the fruit's caloric content poses a threat to people with high blood pressure, heart conditions, and diabetes.
As one of the "hot" foods, durian fruit should not be mixed with alcohol and it should be offset by consuming other "cooling" foods.
Raw garlic prevents vaginitis
It's time for women to think twice about saying no to garlic simply because of bad breath concerns.
Recent epidemiological surveys show that half a slice of garlic per day is extremely helpful in preventing breast and ovarian cancers. Garlic has many beauty and healing uses due to its antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, antiseptic, and anti-aging properties. It is used in folk remedies and food therapy for lowering cholesterol, blood pressure, eliminating toxins, relieving constipation, and diabetes. Garlic contains allicin sulfides, which are a powerful antibiotic that the body does not develop immunity against.
Besides these, garlic is a natural broad-spectrum antibiotic that is effective in killing trichmonas vaginalis, amoebae, and other pathogenic microorganisms. Hence, females are strongly recommended to ingest one slice of garlic every day to prevent vaginitis.
Experts stress that the intake of garlic on a daily basis may also benefit the hair. Massaging the scalp will not only reduce hair loss, but also gray hair.
However, keep this in mind: it should be raw garlic that you eat because the more and longer garlic is cooked or processed the less beneficial ingredients will be left in it.
A secret for bad breath from eating garlic is to chew some tea leaves.
